Parallel Lives: A Study of Farmworkers and Day Laborers
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Authors
O'Donovan, Kathleen
Issue Date
2010
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
This is a paper that seeks to look at the lives of Mexican immigrant farm worker
and day laborers. Farmworkers are those people who pick fresh fruits and vegetables for
consumption. Day laborers are people who stand on street comers in the early morning
looking to find employment for the day, mainly in construction. Both of these groups
exist in the low wage low benefit sector of our economy. I am going to take a close look
at the larger structures that shape these immigrants lives. I am going to look at such areas
as health and safety, minimum wage, and housing. These two groups, I conclude, live
parallel lives, working in different parts of the country doing different jobs but
experiencing many of the same things. I also give recommendations about what the
government and other agencies can do to help improve the living and working conditions
for day laborers and fannworkers.
Description
iv, 41 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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